Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-16
PERSONAL.

MAJOR JOHN w. DUNCAN, Of Philad ei phia
WAS found dead on the noor OF his room lu
the Logan house in Altoona on Tuesday, Ia
wss well known iron man.
The DUCHESS OF OTRANTo committed
suicide Tuesday, in Paris, by blowing her
brains out with . revolver. Shs was over
wrought with griei At the recent death OF her
husband.
A. X. CUTTING, who thought that be was
gong 70 Decome casus beIli between this
country aud Mexico, not very long sgo, ID
lis BdzOO.
SENATOR EDMUNDs gives out that he
thinks his party is sure to nominate q good
man next time for president This remark
10 cold enough to set back the spring for 2
month and compel Brother Blaine to put on
extra dAnnelA
HENRY WARD BEEcHER applied for life
insurance in the aioa Mutual thirty YEA rs
ago and WAS asked the usual question AZ IN
the health OF his heart His answer read !:
Inexperienced Q peculiar feeling about the
heart during the days OF my couItship."
hARAH BERNHARDr's son Maurice ia a
tail, gentlemaniy young fellow. He is fond
OF the luxury OF the Hoffman house. Nsw
York, salon bar, and his isvorite tippie is
vermouth cocktail. He likes New YORK. hut
cares nothing tor Washington city, He in
striving very hard to master the Enelish Ian.
gua&ess ana can say "ver co nics' almost with.
Oscar wILDE's mother, Lady Wilde, who
- famous e "SpersnzA," the patriotic poet
OF the Dublin Nation, IL said 70 be in SUCH
straits that she will have to 70 to the poor.
house or die OF hunger unless her country.
men come 70 her aid. Her husband. Sir
William Wilde who died long ago, invested
mucn OF ms money In land in counties
wicklow and Glare. from which Lady Wilde
has not received any rent for SIX years.
Ex-Goy. doADLY, now In New York.
says: "lt u chestnut know, have SAID
1t bsfore, but repeat 1t now-0hio is God's
own country. Gods providence smiles on il
comon emo 0n o1s .Tvng near. OF her people. No
more strongly 70 the memories of her citi.
zena come back to New York, the home
Of my fathers. to live aud N die, but remain
none the le~ in heart an Ohiosn."
The EXPRESS OF AUSTRIA In yeyv
proud OF the produce OF her fine Schoren.
or1nn isrm; H. She recently sent fine ham,
Weighing 2 pounds, to her sister, Addressed,
TO the Countess dc Trsni ut Baden, from
her sister the Empress OF Austria" but the
certtncats OF origin which should have nc.
OSMMPanisG M ~ Has forgotten and the customs
omcen o. Limbaeh detained the parcel. and
sent to the inspector OF markets at Vienna a
printed form, which, filled up, read m ioi.
lows: "A parcel II lying At the customs nd.
dressed TO the Countess dc Trsni Please
inform W II the sender, the Emprsss Of
Austria, resides ct VioDns and is . porS.
returned.
PoPk LEo's famous collection of lsces hsa
recetved an important edition. Some
wealthy Catholics ct Venice have presented
70 him sst Of lace which they have csussd
70 b executed ct the lace schools OF Burano
The dssign u copied from the famous Res.
sooico ees which vas made for Clement XIII,
BY the Venetisn nuns, sad which now forms
part of the treasure OF the House OF Savoy,
and 70 oocesionelly worn BY Queen Margsrct
The eehoole Of Bursno have three times ~
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